A/N: The eighteenth chapter of my HP/ST:TNG crossover-fic. Time to fight!
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling. Star Trek belongs to Paramount Pictures and, of course, Gene Roddenberry (R.I.P.), The Great Bird of the Galaxy. Lynn is all mine.
19. The Battle of the Enterprise
Harry and the others were outside Ten Forward. The door was halfway open. Harry quickly looked around the corner. He saw that Guinan was hiding behind the bar, a phaser rifle in hand. On the other side of the room there stood four Death Eaters. When they weren't looking their way, Harry and the others quickly sneaked into Ten Forward and behind the bar.
"What are you doing here?" whispered Guinan.
"We're the cavalry," whispered Ron jokingly.
"Well, at least your weaponry suits it..." whispered Guinan. "How many are there?"
"Four," whispered Harry. "And we're six, so we should be able to-" The sound of a transporter was heard.
"Were are we?" said a cool voice.
"Sigel," whispered Harry. "He's beamed over."
"Ten Forward, Sir," said a Death Eater. "The ships bar."
"Fine. The thirteen of you, follow me to the bridge," said Sigel.
"Thirteen?!" whispered Ron. Now they saw the backs of Sigel and his men as they left the room through the door Harry and the others had just went through. "How many are left?" Harry quickly looked around the bar.
"About twelve," he whispered.
"Oh, great, only twice as many as us...!" whispered Ron.
"Calm down," whispered Harry. "Okay, on three I jump put and start shooting. You cover me."
"How?" whispered Hermione.
"By standing behind the bar and shooting at them," whispered Harry. "That way I'll be able to get closer to them. Just don't hit me... Understood?" Everyone nodded. "Good. Okay, one... two... three!" Harry jumped out from behind the bar, firing his phaser and sending 'Stupefy' spells with his wand simultaneously. He hit three Death Eaters before they knew what had happened. Now Guinan, Wesley, Ron, Lynn and Hermione jumped up from behind the bar and started firing, confusing the Death Eaters. Harry leapt behind a bulkhead, blocking himself from the Death Eater's view. The others ducked behind the bar after the Death Eaters had nearly hit Wesley.
"That was close!" said Wesley.
"How many did you get?" said Ron.
"One, maybe two. You?" said Wesley.
"One for sure," said Ron. "Lynn? Hermione?"
"No, not one," said Hermione.
"Me neither," said Lynn.
"I got three," said Guinan.
"Okay, I think Harry got three, so there's only about four or five left," said Wesley. "Okay... now!" The all stood up again, firing. They managed to hit one more. Harry jumped out from behind his hiding place, sword drawn. This caused a Death Eaters to look his way, getting hit by a phaser shot fired by Lynn. "Hold your fire!" The group stopped firing, letting Harry deal with the rest. He fired his phaser on one of the three, and quickly disposed of the remaining two by giving them a deep cut across the bow each.
"Nice sword handling," said Guinan.
"Thanks," said Harry.
"Come on, we gotta stop those other Death Eaters from getting to the bridge," said Wesley. The group left the room.
"The enemy ships shields are down, Captain," said the Kurosawa tactical officer.
"Hail them," said Reno.
"No response, Sir," said the tactical officer. "Wait a second... Sir, they're coming straight at us!"
"They're trying to ram us!" said Walsh.
"Maximum power to forward shields!" said Reno. "Divert energy to phaser!"
"Forward shields at maximum, phaser arrays are fully charged," said the tactical officer. The Death Eater ship was now direct in front of them, getting closer and closer.
"Fire all phasers and forward torpedo launchers!" said Reno.
"Aye, sir, firing phasers and torpedoes," said the tactical officer. There was a blaze of phaser beams and torpedoes from the Kurosawa, hitting the Death Eater ship with devastating effect. Within seconds the ship exploded, spreading debris around, the Kurosawa going right through the explosion.
"Status report!" said Reno once they had cleared the explosion.
"Shields are holding," said the tactical officer.
"Good. Let's go after that last ship..." said Reno.
The group consisting of Harry, Wesley, Ron, Lynn, Hermione and Guinan was walking through the corridors on deck seven. They had been forced to crawl through some of the jefferies tubes since the turbolift was down. Once they were about to crawl up to deck six the path was blocked, so the group got out at deck seven, searching for another entrance to the jefferies tubes.
"Wonder if they have reached the bridge..." said Lynn.
"Let us hope they hav-" said Wesley, interrupting himself when they walked around a corner only to find five Death Eaters standing there. Both groups were a bit surprised at first. But then everyone quickly raised their weapons and fired. The Death Eaters fell to the ground, dead. "That was close..." A groan was heard. They looked down. Hermione lay on the floor, clutching her arm.
"Hermione!" said Ron, panic in his voice. He crouched down beside her. "Herm, what happened?!"
"I got hit by one of the Death Eaters spells..." said Hermione.
"But they shot only killing spells... How can you still be alive?" said Lynn. "I saw the spell hit on of our phaser beams on the way..." said Hermione. "That must've weakened it..."
"Somebody has to stay with her, she can't go on like this," said Harry.
"I'll stay," said Ron. "We'll hide in one of the rooms around here."
"Okay," said Harry.
"Here, take this," said Wesley and gave Ron his hand phaser. "In case the energy runs out in one of the others."
"But you'll only have the rifle then," said Ron.
"I'll manage," said Wesley. "Just stay around here an then get her to sickbay as soon as the power comes on again."
"Right, see you all later," said Ron. The other left. Hermione groaned. "I gotta get you to somewhere safe..." He looked around. He saw a door that looked like someone's quarters. "Come on, you gotta stand up."
"I can't... I'm to tired..." said Hermione. She looked to be drifting off.
"No, no, no, no! You can't fall asleep!" said Ron. "If you do that you might die! Come on now, stand up."
"I can't..." said Hermione.
"Okay..." said Ron. He grabbed Hermione and carried over his shoulders. "Didn't... realise.. you were... *huff* so heavy...!"
"Hey...!" said Hermione. "Are you implying that I'm fat...?" A weak smile showed on her face. Ron chuckled.
"No, ma'am," he said. Now they reached the door. Ron put Hermione down, and then pried the doors open with his hands. Then he lift up Hermione again and carried her into the room. He looked around and saw a bed in another part of the room. He went over and put Hermione on it.
"I have to sleep..." said Hermione.
"Oh no, you don't," said Ron. He went over and closed the doors. "Can't you think to keep yourself occupied? Like... judging by the rooms structure or something, can you tell who's it is?"
"Your such a pain in the ass sometimes..." said Hermione.
"That I am," said Ron. "Come on now, show me those wits of yours!" He sat down on the bed beside her.
"Alright... se anyone pictures or anything? Books?" said Hermione.
"Um... Nope," said Ron, looking around the room. "Wait, here's something... A PADD and a book. The book is called Moby Dick. Sounds like a really nice guy, that Mr Dick..."
"Moby Dick is whale. What does the PADD say?" said Hermione. Ron eyes went wide.
"Um... I think I know which quarters we're in..." said Ron.
"What does the PADD say, Ron?" said Hermione. Ron showed it to her. On it there was a text transcript of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's log. "Oh. I think he'll be fine with it, since this is an emergency..."
"As long as you don't get to healthy, and we start using the bed to much..." said Ron, smiling.
"Ha ha, very fun, Ron Weasley..." said Hermione, showing a light smile.
Picard opened his eyes. Above him stood Riker and Troi with concerned looks upon their faces.
"Captain, are you alright?" said Troi.
"I'm fine, counsellor..." said Picard. He sat up, and groaned. "A slight headache, though..." Riker helped him up. "Status report, number one?"
"We've lost warp-drive, shields, weapons, sensors, com-systems..." said Riker. "Plus we've got multiple hull breaches, all sealed by the emergency force fields. There's no way of telling if Death Eaters have beamed aboard."
"Let's count on it," said Picard. "Mr Worf, take your security teams and go through the decks."
"Aye, Sir," said Worf and left the bridge. Now the viewscreen started again.
"Good, Geordi seem to have got some of the power back," said Riker. The viewscreen showed them the Kurosawa engaged in battle with the remaining Death Eater ship. They also saw debris of the other ships floating around in space. "Captain Reno seems to handling the situation well."
Worf opened a hatch down onto deck four. He jumped down out of it just as Harry and the others came around a corner. Lynn screamed, startled.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you!" said Worf, seeing who it was who screamed.
"It's okay..." said Lynn, calming down a bit. "Just thought you were one of the Death Eaters..."
"The Death Eaters have beamed over?" said Worf.
"Yes," said Wesley. "And there are quite a few of them. At least eight."
"Probably more, like twenty or forty..." said Harry. "Don't think they'll try and take over the ship with anything less than fifty..."
"But you said twenty or forty?" said Worf.
"Yeah, we've got about twenty-one so far," said Harry.
"You have killed twenty-one enemy's?" said Worf, in awe.
"It was a joint effort," said Wesley. "Harry got about nine or ten himself."
"Really?" said Worf. "How did yo-"
"Lieutenant Worf, I'd love to exchange war stories later on," said Harry, interrupting Worf. "But right now we better get a move on."
"Certainly," said Worf. "Did you hear anything about were they were headed?"
"The bridge," said Wesley.
"Captain, can you hear me?" said Geordi's voice of the com-system. Picard tapped his com badge.
"I hear you, Mr LaForge," said Picard. "Status report?"
"I've got transporters and the com-system online, but I'm having trouble with the main power," said Geordi. "Give me about fifteen minutes."
"How about internal sensors?" said Picard.
"Not functioning, it'll take a few more minutes," said Geordi.
"Understood. Picard out," said Picard and tapped his com badge.
Ron sat on the bed beside Hermione, thinking of what he were going to do. Hermione was only getting worse, her arm pale and cold. The sickbay was on the deck below, but he couldn't drop Hermione down from one of the hatches.
"What am I going to do...?" he thought.
"Ron...?" said Hermione, sounding very weak.
"Yes, Herm?" said Ron.
"Remember that time you... you came over to my house...?" said Hermione. Ron smiled and took her hand.
"She's so cold..." he thought.
"Which time do you mean?" he said, even though he knew which time.
"I gotta get her to talk, to keep her awake..." he thought.
"The first time..." said Hermione. "When you'd heard I was going away... Away to Bulgaria... And you rushed over to my house... Begging me to stay... And then you told me that you... you..."
"That I love you," said Ron, smiling. "Yeah, I remember."
"Remember what happened next...?" said Hermione.
"We kissed," said Ron. "Our first kiss."
"Yes..." said Hermione. "And after that I told you something... I told you that... I love you..."
"I remember that the most," said Ron.
"I still mean that... I love you..." said Hermione.
"I know," said Ron.
"I just wanted you know that..." said Hermione. " I wouldn't have doubted a second if you asked me to marry you... Good bye, Ron..." She closed her eyes, and exhaled. Ron's eyes went wide. Hermione's arm suddenly felt heavy. In fact the whole of Hermione felt heavy, like a rag doll, all limp and no strength in her.
"Hermione?!" called Ron. He checked her pulse. There was none. "No... NO! NO! NO! DON'T DIE!" Tears were beginning to stream from his eyes. He began doing CPR. "Please don't be dead...! Please..." He kept doing the CPR for about two minutes. Still there was no sign of life from Hermione. After another two minutes Ron gave up. He stopped trying to revive her. He just sat on the bed beside her lifeless body, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Picard to Worf," said Picard.
"Worf here," said Worf's voice over the com-system.
"Report," said Picard.
"The Death Eaters have indeed beamed onboard," said Worf. "They ar- Ready phasers!" Phaser fire, and people shouting something was heard over the com.
"Mr Worf!" said Picard. "What's happening?"
"Potter to Picard!" said Harry's voice.
"What's happening, Mr Potter?" said Picard.
"It's the Death Eaters, Captain!" said Harry. "We've engaged in battle with them, trying to stop them!"
"Were are you?" said Picard.
"Deck two!" said Harry. "Captain, They're heading to the bridge! Potter out!"
"Alright, everyone arm themselves," said Picard. Riker tapped a console, opening a wall compartment containing hand phasers and phaser rifles. A second later the back right door (A/N: Captain's right, not audiences) was blown open. In a few seconds the fight had begun.
Ron looked at Hermione's body.
"She look like she's asleep..." he thought. "In a sense that's true..." He stroked her face with the back of his hand. "She even colder now..." He retracted his hand. In doing so he happened to touch Hermione's com badge. Instead of the 'non-functioning' sound it made the usual com badge sound. Ron quickly tapped his com badge.
"Weasley to transporter room 3!" he said.
"O'Brien here," answered O'Brien's voice over the com-system.
"Two to beam directly to sickbay!" said Ron.
"Understood," said O'Brien.
"Energise!" said Ron. Next thing he knew he and Hermione were in sickbay. Dr Crusher rushed over to them.
"What happened?" she said.
"She was hit by one of the Death Eaters killing spells, but it went through a phaser beam, so she didn't die right away, " said Ron. "And about ten minutes ago she stopped breathing, and she's got no pulse!"
"Let's move her," said Dr Crusher. They carried Hermione to the operating table. Dr Crusher started to try and start her heart again. Ron didn't pay any attention to what she was doing. He only looked at the lifeless Hermione. Dr Crusher tried for a minute or so to try and get Hermione back to life.
"It's too late..." thought Ron, tears trickling down his cheeks. He had given up all hope. But then suddenly, something happened.
"We got a pulse!" said Dr Crusher.
"She's gonna be okay?!" said Ron, his heart jumping a feet or two.
"I can't tell yet," said Dr Crusher. She worked for a minute or so. "There." She turned to Ron. "She's stabile at least. What ever they shot at her it was almost diminished by the phaser beam it passed through. Most of her injuries are of from the phaser energy the spell took with it from the phaser beam."
"Good to know that you can weaken the damn thing..." said Hermione, sounding very tired. Ron immediately showed a huge grin and leaned down towards her. He put a hand on her cheek.
"Hi there..." he said.
"Hi..." said Hermione and, with great effort, raised her hand and put on it against his cheek.
"You scared us there for a minute," said Dr Crusher. Ron only nodded.
"Well, don't blame me..." said Hermione. "Blame those guys with the bad manors and without any respect for other people's will..."
"That's a good sign..." said Ron, smiling. "When you start talking like that, like the good old Hermione you have to be well." He took her hand which she held against his cheek, kissed it lightly, and then put it down upon her chest, his hand still holding hers.
"I'll get you a chair, " said Dr Crusher. Ron didn't take his eyes from Hermione, almost as if he were afraid she'd disappear if he looked away. Dr Crusher came over with a chair. "There. Better?"
"Yeah, thanks," said Ron. Dr Crusher walked away, leaving them alone. Ron gently caressed the one of Hermione's hand which he was holding. He felt so incredibly, indescribably happy that she was alright.
The battle with the Death Eaters in the corridors was still on. Only a few of the Death Eaters have been taken out by Harry and the others. A killing spell barely missed Wesley's head.
"Holy sh- That was close!" he exclaimed. Worf ducked in around the intersection corner which was the groups cover.
"Worf to Lieutenant Tornquist," he said, tapping his com badge. "Where are you? We need those reinforcements!" Suddenly a barrage of phaser fire filled the corridor in which the Death Eaters stood. Several loud thuds were heard. Worf carefully looked out into the corridor. The Death Eater's bodies all lay on the floor. Worf looked towards the other side of the corridor, to the left of the intersection, opposite the Death Eaters. There stood Lieutenant Tornquist and with fifteen others of the security crew.
"Sorry that we're late, Sir. Had a little trouble on the way," said Tornquist. Worf, Harry and the others got out from their cover.
"Good job," said Worf. "Now let's get going. The Death Eaters may have reached the bridge by now."
The crew on the bridge were holding their own against the Death Eaters. Sigel stood a bit away from the open door into the bridge, seeing how his troops were not having any luck.
"They're only muggles!" he exclaimed, irritated. "Surely someone have a spell to take care of them all!"
"Sir, I believe I may have one," said one of the Death Eaters.
"Well then, use it!" said Sigel. The other Death Eater stood a bit from the door, and aimed his wand into the room.
"Lumos Solem!" he exclaimed, and a bright ray of light burst into the bridge. Everyone on the dark bridge (A/N: Remember the power loss?) except Data was temporary blinded by the bright beam. Some Death Eaters rushed in and grabbed hold of the bridge officers, but some of them quickly got shot by Data. A Death Eater ran over to a console and tapped it quickly before Data could stop him. Suddenly a transporter beam caught Data and he was beamed away from the bridge.
"Area secure, Sir!" called one of the Death Eaters. Sigel stepped in.
"Excellent," he said, surveying the scene. He turned to the Death Eaters who had used the 'Lumos Solem' spell. "You. Smart thing to blind them. But with 'take care of them all' I meant kill." Sigel lifted his wand. "Crucio." The Death Eater immidiattly began twitching in pain. Sigel didn't stop the spell until the man had passed out. "Take him and the other officers away. Leave Picard to me."
"What is that?" said Walsh, and pointed to something on the viewscreen.
"Magnify," said Reno. The image zoomed in and showed Data, floating around in space. "Beam him here, immediately!" A second or so later Data appeared before them on the bridge. "Mr Data, are you alright?"
"Yes, since I am not organic I could endure the hostile environment of space," said Data.
"But how did you get out there?" said Walsh.
"One of the Death Eaters managed to beam form the ship once they had entered onto the bridge," said Data.
"The Death Eaters have taken the Enterprise's bridge?" said Reno.
"Yes, Sir," said Data.
Picard sight was blurred. He heard someone walk around.
"The great Jean-Luc Picard... Captain of the federations greatest ship..." said someone. Picard recognised the voice.
"Sigel..." he said. Now Picard was getting more of his vision back. He saw someone stand about nine feet from him.
"What is it with you muggles?" said Sigel. "You think you're so superior, masters of the universe and all."
"Funny, I was just about to say the same thing about you Death Eaters..." said Picard.
"You will die slowly... I'll see to that," said Sigel. He moved closer. "I've lost a lot of men. You'll want to be dead soon."
"We still have two ships, and you only one," said Picard. "The odds are not in your favour." Now Picard could clearly see Sigel standing before him. A slicing sound, followed by some phaser shots were heard. Sigel looked quickly to the door at the other end of the bridge, a nervous look upon his face.
"Very well, I'll kill you now," said Sigel, and raised his wand. Now Picard could see that Harry stood in the door, sword drawn. He quickly surveyed the scene and raised his sword with one hand. "Avada Kev- AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!" Harry had thrown his sword across the bridge, and the sword had pierced Sigel's right leg. Sigel looked around at Harry. Then he quickly grabbed hold of the sword, pulled it out of his own leg and threw it on the floor, and then quickly tapped something on his clothes. Sigel was beamed away. Picard stood up as Worf entered the Bridge along with Tornquist and some security officers.
"Mr Worf, do we have phasers?" said Picard, not wasting any time. Worf looked at the tactical console quickly.
"Yes, Sir," he said. "And the Death Eater ship doesn't have shields."
"Target their deflector," said Picard.
"Get us out of here, NOW!" Sigel bellowed as he limped onto the Death Eater bridge. "Get us into Warp! Any heading!"
"Yes, Sir!" said the Death Eater at the helm.
"Sir, they're powering up Warp engines!" said Worf.
"Fire, Mr Worf!" said Picard. Worf fired the phasers, destroying the Death Eater's ships deflector. A second later the Death Eater ship accelerated, but instead of going into warp it exploded.
"What happened?" said Harry.
"They did they mistake of going into Warp with a disabled deflector," said Picard. "Without it you tare up the ship if you hit the slightest particle in Warp. And the fact that there's debris from the other ships out there didn't exactly help them."
"Sir, the Kurosawa is hailing us," said Worf.
"On screen," said Picard. Captain Reno, Commander Walsh and Data appeared on the screen. "Mr Data, good to se that you're safe."
"Likewise, Captain," said Data.
"Nice trick with the last ship, Sir," said Walsh, smiling. "How is everybody over there?"
"We don't know yet, internal sensors are offline," said Picard.
"We'll send some teams over to help you," said Reno.
"Thank you," said Picard. "Picard out." He turned to Worf. "Did you see Commander Riker?"
"Yes, we saved them from the Death Eaters," said Worf. "They went to sickbay to tend to the wounded."
"Good," said Picard.
"Well, Captain," said Harry. "It was one hell of a fight..."
"To say the least!" said Picard. "How are your friends?"
"Okay. Hermione got hit, but she was alive when we left her and Ron," said Harry.
"I suggest you go and check on them," said Picard.
"I'll do that," said Harry, and started walking out of the room.
"Harry," said Picard. Harry looked at Picard. "Thanks." Harry nodded and smiled.
"You fought well," said Worf to Harry. "Like a Klingon warrior."
"Thanks, Worf," said Harry, smiled again, and went into the turbolift.
A/N: Long chapter!
About Hermione's near passing, I think it's the first time I ever had such a close call in one of my fics. A while there I actually considered killing her, but I realised that I couldn't do it. I just the character to much.
Lieutenant Tornquist is named after my cousin, Johan Törnkvist (stavning?). It's there because I needed a name, and I don't think my cousin would mind.
I saw the The Two Towers the other day. It'll take too much time for me to explain how much I liked it, so just go see the damn thing! (Gollum was great by the way)
5 reviews since last time. Review comments:
Coolone007 - Cool that you wrote THAT Wesley got some but Riker didn't :) Plus, it's very true in relation to the fic!
AnnabelleElizabeth - I don't know if I managed to write at a better pace this time around... The head they were talking about was one of the Death Eater heads (you know the ones Harry killed).
U1 (johan-duvetvem@swipnet.se) - The cousin again. Okej med namnet på security officern? Anyway, he says that he could really see a stuttering Quirrel-esque type saying "n-n-nnnno of course not commander". Har du sett Två Tornen än?
CiA - Thank you.
Emher
PS. Remember me telling you about me falling in love last week? Well, I'm still in love, even more now perhaps. Today we had the last day before the Christmas holidays. There was this big show in the auditorium, and I saw her sitting some rows away from me. When the show was over everyone got up and right then, she looked back at me, looking straight into my eyes. Maybe I'm overreacting, but right then, for a split second, it seemed like... like... I don't know, but something good at least. And once again, I've been grinning like an idiot ever since.
Hm... what if she reads this... Nah, she doesn't even know I write fanfics, besides, what are the odds that she would start reading THIS story? They're not big anyway. DS.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling. Star Trek belongs to Paramount Pictures and, of course, Gene Roddenberry (R.I.P.), The Great Bird of the Galaxy. Lynn is all mine.
19. The Battle of the Enterprise
Harry and the others were outside Ten Forward. The door was halfway open. Harry quickly looked around the corner. He saw that Guinan was hiding behind the bar, a phaser rifle in hand. On the other side of the room there stood four Death Eaters. When they weren't looking their way, Harry and the others quickly sneaked into Ten Forward and behind the bar.
"What are you doing here?" whispered Guinan.
"We're the cavalry," whispered Ron jokingly.
"Well, at least your weaponry suits it..." whispered Guinan. "How many are there?"
"Four," whispered Harry. "And we're six, so we should be able to-" The sound of a transporter was heard.
"Were are we?" said a cool voice.
"Sigel," whispered Harry. "He's beamed over."
"Ten Forward, Sir," said a Death Eater. "The ships bar."
"Fine. The thirteen of you, follow me to the bridge," said Sigel.
"Thirteen?!" whispered Ron. Now they saw the backs of Sigel and his men as they left the room through the door Harry and the others had just went through. "How many are left?" Harry quickly looked around the bar.
"About twelve," he whispered.
"Oh, great, only twice as many as us...!" whispered Ron.
"Calm down," whispered Harry. "Okay, on three I jump put and start shooting. You cover me."
"How?" whispered Hermione.
"By standing behind the bar and shooting at them," whispered Harry. "That way I'll be able to get closer to them. Just don't hit me... Understood?" Everyone nodded. "Good. Okay, one... two... three!" Harry jumped out from behind the bar, firing his phaser and sending 'Stupefy' spells with his wand simultaneously. He hit three Death Eaters before they knew what had happened. Now Guinan, Wesley, Ron, Lynn and Hermione jumped up from behind the bar and started firing, confusing the Death Eaters. Harry leapt behind a bulkhead, blocking himself from the Death Eater's view. The others ducked behind the bar after the Death Eaters had nearly hit Wesley.
"That was close!" said Wesley.
"How many did you get?" said Ron.
"One, maybe two. You?" said Wesley.
"One for sure," said Ron. "Lynn? Hermione?"
"No, not one," said Hermione.
"Me neither," said Lynn.
"I got three," said Guinan.
"Okay, I think Harry got three, so there's only about four or five left," said Wesley. "Okay... now!" The all stood up again, firing. They managed to hit one more. Harry jumped out from behind his hiding place, sword drawn. This caused a Death Eaters to look his way, getting hit by a phaser shot fired by Lynn. "Hold your fire!" The group stopped firing, letting Harry deal with the rest. He fired his phaser on one of the three, and quickly disposed of the remaining two by giving them a deep cut across the bow each.
"Nice sword handling," said Guinan.
"Thanks," said Harry.
"Come on, we gotta stop those other Death Eaters from getting to the bridge," said Wesley. The group left the room.
"The enemy ships shields are down, Captain," said the Kurosawa tactical officer.
"Hail them," said Reno.
"No response, Sir," said the tactical officer. "Wait a second... Sir, they're coming straight at us!"
"They're trying to ram us!" said Walsh.
"Maximum power to forward shields!" said Reno. "Divert energy to phaser!"
"Forward shields at maximum, phaser arrays are fully charged," said the tactical officer. The Death Eater ship was now direct in front of them, getting closer and closer.
"Fire all phasers and forward torpedo launchers!" said Reno.
"Aye, sir, firing phasers and torpedoes," said the tactical officer. There was a blaze of phaser beams and torpedoes from the Kurosawa, hitting the Death Eater ship with devastating effect. Within seconds the ship exploded, spreading debris around, the Kurosawa going right through the explosion.
"Status report!" said Reno once they had cleared the explosion.
"Shields are holding," said the tactical officer.
"Good. Let's go after that last ship..." said Reno.
The group consisting of Harry, Wesley, Ron, Lynn, Hermione and Guinan was walking through the corridors on deck seven. They had been forced to crawl through some of the jefferies tubes since the turbolift was down. Once they were about to crawl up to deck six the path was blocked, so the group got out at deck seven, searching for another entrance to the jefferies tubes.
"Wonder if they have reached the bridge..." said Lynn.
"Let us hope they hav-" said Wesley, interrupting himself when they walked around a corner only to find five Death Eaters standing there. Both groups were a bit surprised at first. But then everyone quickly raised their weapons and fired. The Death Eaters fell to the ground, dead. "That was close..." A groan was heard. They looked down. Hermione lay on the floor, clutching her arm.
"Hermione!" said Ron, panic in his voice. He crouched down beside her. "Herm, what happened?!"
"I got hit by one of the Death Eaters spells..." said Hermione.
"But they shot only killing spells... How can you still be alive?" said Lynn. "I saw the spell hit on of our phaser beams on the way..." said Hermione. "That must've weakened it..."
"Somebody has to stay with her, she can't go on like this," said Harry.
"I'll stay," said Ron. "We'll hide in one of the rooms around here."
"Okay," said Harry.
"Here, take this," said Wesley and gave Ron his hand phaser. "In case the energy runs out in one of the others."
"But you'll only have the rifle then," said Ron.
"I'll manage," said Wesley. "Just stay around here an then get her to sickbay as soon as the power comes on again."
"Right, see you all later," said Ron. The other left. Hermione groaned. "I gotta get you to somewhere safe..." He looked around. He saw a door that looked like someone's quarters. "Come on, you gotta stand up."
"I can't... I'm to tired..." said Hermione. She looked to be drifting off.
"No, no, no, no! You can't fall asleep!" said Ron. "If you do that you might die! Come on now, stand up."
"I can't..." said Hermione.
"Okay..." said Ron. He grabbed Hermione and carried over his shoulders. "Didn't... realise.. you were... *huff* so heavy...!"
"Hey...!" said Hermione. "Are you implying that I'm fat...?" A weak smile showed on her face. Ron chuckled.
"No, ma'am," he said. Now they reached the door. Ron put Hermione down, and then pried the doors open with his hands. Then he lift up Hermione again and carried her into the room. He looked around and saw a bed in another part of the room. He went over and put Hermione on it.
"I have to sleep..." said Hermione.
"Oh no, you don't," said Ron. He went over and closed the doors. "Can't you think to keep yourself occupied? Like... judging by the rooms structure or something, can you tell who's it is?"
"Your such a pain in the ass sometimes..." said Hermione.
"That I am," said Ron. "Come on now, show me those wits of yours!" He sat down on the bed beside her.
"Alright... se anyone pictures or anything? Books?" said Hermione.
"Um... Nope," said Ron, looking around the room. "Wait, here's something... A PADD and a book. The book is called Moby Dick. Sounds like a really nice guy, that Mr Dick..."
"Moby Dick is whale. What does the PADD say?" said Hermione. Ron eyes went wide.
"Um... I think I know which quarters we're in..." said Ron.
"What does the PADD say, Ron?" said Hermione. Ron showed it to her. On it there was a text transcript of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's log. "Oh. I think he'll be fine with it, since this is an emergency..."
"As long as you don't get to healthy, and we start using the bed to much..." said Ron, smiling.
"Ha ha, very fun, Ron Weasley..." said Hermione, showing a light smile.
Picard opened his eyes. Above him stood Riker and Troi with concerned looks upon their faces.
"Captain, are you alright?" said Troi.
"I'm fine, counsellor..." said Picard. He sat up, and groaned. "A slight headache, though..." Riker helped him up. "Status report, number one?"
"We've lost warp-drive, shields, weapons, sensors, com-systems..." said Riker. "Plus we've got multiple hull breaches, all sealed by the emergency force fields. There's no way of telling if Death Eaters have beamed aboard."
"Let's count on it," said Picard. "Mr Worf, take your security teams and go through the decks."
"Aye, Sir," said Worf and left the bridge. Now the viewscreen started again.
"Good, Geordi seem to have got some of the power back," said Riker. The viewscreen showed them the Kurosawa engaged in battle with the remaining Death Eater ship. They also saw debris of the other ships floating around in space. "Captain Reno seems to handling the situation well."
Worf opened a hatch down onto deck four. He jumped down out of it just as Harry and the others came around a corner. Lynn screamed, startled.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you!" said Worf, seeing who it was who screamed.
"It's okay..." said Lynn, calming down a bit. "Just thought you were one of the Death Eaters..."
"The Death Eaters have beamed over?" said Worf.
"Yes," said Wesley. "And there are quite a few of them. At least eight."
"Probably more, like twenty or forty..." said Harry. "Don't think they'll try and take over the ship with anything less than fifty..."
"But you said twenty or forty?" said Worf.
"Yeah, we've got about twenty-one so far," said Harry.
"You have killed twenty-one enemy's?" said Worf, in awe.
"It was a joint effort," said Wesley. "Harry got about nine or ten himself."
"Really?" said Worf. "How did yo-"
"Lieutenant Worf, I'd love to exchange war stories later on," said Harry, interrupting Worf. "But right now we better get a move on."
"Certainly," said Worf. "Did you hear anything about were they were headed?"
"The bridge," said Wesley.
"Captain, can you hear me?" said Geordi's voice of the com-system. Picard tapped his com badge.
"I hear you, Mr LaForge," said Picard. "Status report?"
"I've got transporters and the com-system online, but I'm having trouble with the main power," said Geordi. "Give me about fifteen minutes."
"How about internal sensors?" said Picard.
"Not functioning, it'll take a few more minutes," said Geordi.
"Understood. Picard out," said Picard and tapped his com badge.
Ron sat on the bed beside Hermione, thinking of what he were going to do. Hermione was only getting worse, her arm pale and cold. The sickbay was on the deck below, but he couldn't drop Hermione down from one of the hatches.
"What am I going to do...?" he thought.
"Ron...?" said Hermione, sounding very weak.
"Yes, Herm?" said Ron.
"Remember that time you... you came over to my house...?" said Hermione. Ron smiled and took her hand.
"She's so cold..." he thought.
"Which time do you mean?" he said, even though he knew which time.
"I gotta get her to talk, to keep her awake..." he thought.
"The first time..." said Hermione. "When you'd heard I was going away... Away to Bulgaria... And you rushed over to my house... Begging me to stay... And then you told me that you... you..."
"That I love you," said Ron, smiling. "Yeah, I remember."
"Remember what happened next...?" said Hermione.
"We kissed," said Ron. "Our first kiss."
"Yes..." said Hermione. "And after that I told you something... I told you that... I love you..."
"I remember that the most," said Ron.
"I still mean that... I love you..." said Hermione.
"I know," said Ron.
"I just wanted you know that..." said Hermione. " I wouldn't have doubted a second if you asked me to marry you... Good bye, Ron..." She closed her eyes, and exhaled. Ron's eyes went wide. Hermione's arm suddenly felt heavy. In fact the whole of Hermione felt heavy, like a rag doll, all limp and no strength in her.
"Hermione?!" called Ron. He checked her pulse. There was none. "No... NO! NO! NO! DON'T DIE!" Tears were beginning to stream from his eyes. He began doing CPR. "Please don't be dead...! Please..." He kept doing the CPR for about two minutes. Still there was no sign of life from Hermione. After another two minutes Ron gave up. He stopped trying to revive her. He just sat on the bed beside her lifeless body, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Picard to Worf," said Picard.
"Worf here," said Worf's voice over the com-system.
"Report," said Picard.
"The Death Eaters have indeed beamed onboard," said Worf. "They ar- Ready phasers!" Phaser fire, and people shouting something was heard over the com.
"Mr Worf!" said Picard. "What's happening?"
"Potter to Picard!" said Harry's voice.
"What's happening, Mr Potter?" said Picard.
"It's the Death Eaters, Captain!" said Harry. "We've engaged in battle with them, trying to stop them!"
"Were are you?" said Picard.
"Deck two!" said Harry. "Captain, They're heading to the bridge! Potter out!"
"Alright, everyone arm themselves," said Picard. Riker tapped a console, opening a wall compartment containing hand phasers and phaser rifles. A second later the back right door (A/N: Captain's right, not audiences) was blown open. In a few seconds the fight had begun.
Ron looked at Hermione's body.
"She look like she's asleep..." he thought. "In a sense that's true..." He stroked her face with the back of his hand. "She even colder now..." He retracted his hand. In doing so he happened to touch Hermione's com badge. Instead of the 'non-functioning' sound it made the usual com badge sound. Ron quickly tapped his com badge.
"Weasley to transporter room 3!" he said.
"O'Brien here," answered O'Brien's voice over the com-system.
"Two to beam directly to sickbay!" said Ron.
"Understood," said O'Brien.
"Energise!" said Ron. Next thing he knew he and Hermione were in sickbay. Dr Crusher rushed over to them.
"What happened?" she said.
"She was hit by one of the Death Eaters killing spells, but it went through a phaser beam, so she didn't die right away, " said Ron. "And about ten minutes ago she stopped breathing, and she's got no pulse!"
"Let's move her," said Dr Crusher. They carried Hermione to the operating table. Dr Crusher started to try and start her heart again. Ron didn't pay any attention to what she was doing. He only looked at the lifeless Hermione. Dr Crusher tried for a minute or so to try and get Hermione back to life.
"It's too late..." thought Ron, tears trickling down his cheeks. He had given up all hope. But then suddenly, something happened.
"We got a pulse!" said Dr Crusher.
"She's gonna be okay?!" said Ron, his heart jumping a feet or two.
"I can't tell yet," said Dr Crusher. She worked for a minute or so. "There." She turned to Ron. "She's stabile at least. What ever they shot at her it was almost diminished by the phaser beam it passed through. Most of her injuries are of from the phaser energy the spell took with it from the phaser beam."
"Good to know that you can weaken the damn thing..." said Hermione, sounding very tired. Ron immediately showed a huge grin and leaned down towards her. He put a hand on her cheek.
"Hi there..." he said.
"Hi..." said Hermione and, with great effort, raised her hand and put on it against his cheek.
"You scared us there for a minute," said Dr Crusher. Ron only nodded.
"Well, don't blame me..." said Hermione. "Blame those guys with the bad manors and without any respect for other people's will..."
"That's a good sign..." said Ron, smiling. "When you start talking like that, like the good old Hermione you have to be well." He took her hand which she held against his cheek, kissed it lightly, and then put it down upon her chest, his hand still holding hers.
"I'll get you a chair, " said Dr Crusher. Ron didn't take his eyes from Hermione, almost as if he were afraid she'd disappear if he looked away. Dr Crusher came over with a chair. "There. Better?"
"Yeah, thanks," said Ron. Dr Crusher walked away, leaving them alone. Ron gently caressed the one of Hermione's hand which he was holding. He felt so incredibly, indescribably happy that she was alright.
The battle with the Death Eaters in the corridors was still on. Only a few of the Death Eaters have been taken out by Harry and the others. A killing spell barely missed Wesley's head.
"Holy sh- That was close!" he exclaimed. Worf ducked in around the intersection corner which was the groups cover.
"Worf to Lieutenant Tornquist," he said, tapping his com badge. "Where are you? We need those reinforcements!" Suddenly a barrage of phaser fire filled the corridor in which the Death Eaters stood. Several loud thuds were heard. Worf carefully looked out into the corridor. The Death Eater's bodies all lay on the floor. Worf looked towards the other side of the corridor, to the left of the intersection, opposite the Death Eaters. There stood Lieutenant Tornquist and with fifteen others of the security crew.
"Sorry that we're late, Sir. Had a little trouble on the way," said Tornquist. Worf, Harry and the others got out from their cover.
"Good job," said Worf. "Now let's get going. The Death Eaters may have reached the bridge by now."
The crew on the bridge were holding their own against the Death Eaters. Sigel stood a bit away from the open door into the bridge, seeing how his troops were not having any luck.
"They're only muggles!" he exclaimed, irritated. "Surely someone have a spell to take care of them all!"
"Sir, I believe I may have one," said one of the Death Eaters.
"Well then, use it!" said Sigel. The other Death Eater stood a bit from the door, and aimed his wand into the room.
"Lumos Solem!" he exclaimed, and a bright ray of light burst into the bridge. Everyone on the dark bridge (A/N: Remember the power loss?) except Data was temporary blinded by the bright beam. Some Death Eaters rushed in and grabbed hold of the bridge officers, but some of them quickly got shot by Data. A Death Eater ran over to a console and tapped it quickly before Data could stop him. Suddenly a transporter beam caught Data and he was beamed away from the bridge.
"Area secure, Sir!" called one of the Death Eaters. Sigel stepped in.
"Excellent," he said, surveying the scene. He turned to the Death Eaters who had used the 'Lumos Solem' spell. "You. Smart thing to blind them. But with 'take care of them all' I meant kill." Sigel lifted his wand. "Crucio." The Death Eater immidiattly began twitching in pain. Sigel didn't stop the spell until the man had passed out. "Take him and the other officers away. Leave Picard to me."
"What is that?" said Walsh, and pointed to something on the viewscreen.
"Magnify," said Reno. The image zoomed in and showed Data, floating around in space. "Beam him here, immediately!" A second or so later Data appeared before them on the bridge. "Mr Data, are you alright?"
"Yes, since I am not organic I could endure the hostile environment of space," said Data.
"But how did you get out there?" said Walsh.
"One of the Death Eaters managed to beam form the ship once they had entered onto the bridge," said Data.
"The Death Eaters have taken the Enterprise's bridge?" said Reno.
"Yes, Sir," said Data.
Picard sight was blurred. He heard someone walk around.
"The great Jean-Luc Picard... Captain of the federations greatest ship..." said someone. Picard recognised the voice.
"Sigel..." he said. Now Picard was getting more of his vision back. He saw someone stand about nine feet from him.
"What is it with you muggles?" said Sigel. "You think you're so superior, masters of the universe and all."
"Funny, I was just about to say the same thing about you Death Eaters..." said Picard.
"You will die slowly... I'll see to that," said Sigel. He moved closer. "I've lost a lot of men. You'll want to be dead soon."
"We still have two ships, and you only one," said Picard. "The odds are not in your favour." Now Picard could clearly see Sigel standing before him. A slicing sound, followed by some phaser shots were heard. Sigel looked quickly to the door at the other end of the bridge, a nervous look upon his face.
"Very well, I'll kill you now," said Sigel, and raised his wand. Now Picard could see that Harry stood in the door, sword drawn. He quickly surveyed the scene and raised his sword with one hand. "Avada Kev- AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!" Harry had thrown his sword across the bridge, and the sword had pierced Sigel's right leg. Sigel looked around at Harry. Then he quickly grabbed hold of the sword, pulled it out of his own leg and threw it on the floor, and then quickly tapped something on his clothes. Sigel was beamed away. Picard stood up as Worf entered the Bridge along with Tornquist and some security officers.
"Mr Worf, do we have phasers?" said Picard, not wasting any time. Worf looked at the tactical console quickly.
"Yes, Sir," he said. "And the Death Eater ship doesn't have shields."
"Target their deflector," said Picard.
"Get us out of here, NOW!" Sigel bellowed as he limped onto the Death Eater bridge. "Get us into Warp! Any heading!"
"Yes, Sir!" said the Death Eater at the helm.
"Sir, they're powering up Warp engines!" said Worf.
"Fire, Mr Worf!" said Picard. Worf fired the phasers, destroying the Death Eater's ships deflector. A second later the Death Eater ship accelerated, but instead of going into warp it exploded.
"What happened?" said Harry.
"They did they mistake of going into Warp with a disabled deflector," said Picard. "Without it you tare up the ship if you hit the slightest particle in Warp. And the fact that there's debris from the other ships out there didn't exactly help them."
"Sir, the Kurosawa is hailing us," said Worf.
"On screen," said Picard. Captain Reno, Commander Walsh and Data appeared on the screen. "Mr Data, good to se that you're safe."
"Likewise, Captain," said Data.
"Nice trick with the last ship, Sir," said Walsh, smiling. "How is everybody over there?"
"We don't know yet, internal sensors are offline," said Picard.
"We'll send some teams over to help you," said Reno.
"Thank you," said Picard. "Picard out." He turned to Worf. "Did you see Commander Riker?"
"Yes, we saved them from the Death Eaters," said Worf. "They went to sickbay to tend to the wounded."
"Good," said Picard.
"Well, Captain," said Harry. "It was one hell of a fight..."
"To say the least!" said Picard. "How are your friends?"
"Okay. Hermione got hit, but she was alive when we left her and Ron," said Harry.
"I suggest you go and check on them," said Picard.
"I'll do that," said Harry, and started walking out of the room.
"Harry," said Picard. Harry looked at Picard. "Thanks." Harry nodded and smiled.
"You fought well," said Worf to Harry. "Like a Klingon warrior."
"Thanks, Worf," said Harry, smiled again, and went into the turbolift.
A/N: Long chapter!
About Hermione's near passing, I think it's the first time I ever had such a close call in one of my fics. A while there I actually considered killing her, but I realised that I couldn't do it. I just the character to much.
Lieutenant Tornquist is named after my cousin, Johan Törnkvist (stavning?). It's there because I needed a name, and I don't think my cousin would mind.
I saw the The Two Towers the other day. It'll take too much time for me to explain how much I liked it, so just go see the damn thing! (Gollum was great by the way)
5 reviews since last time. Review comments:
Coolone007 - Cool that you wrote THAT Wesley got some but Riker didn't :) Plus, it's very true in relation to the fic!
AnnabelleElizabeth - I don't know if I managed to write at a better pace this time around... The head they were talking about was one of the Death Eater heads (you know the ones Harry killed).
U1 (johan-duvetvem@swipnet.se) - The cousin again. Okej med namnet på security officern? Anyway, he says that he could really see a stuttering Quirrel-esque type saying "n-n-nnnno of course not commander". Har du sett Två Tornen än?
CiA - Thank you.
Emher
PS. Remember me telling you about me falling in love last week? Well, I'm still in love, even more now perhaps. Today we had the last day before the Christmas holidays. There was this big show in the auditorium, and I saw her sitting some rows away from me. When the show was over everyone got up and right then, she looked back at me, looking straight into my eyes. Maybe I'm overreacting, but right then, for a split second, it seemed like... like... I don't know, but something good at least. And once again, I've been grinning like an idiot ever since.
Hm... what if she reads this... Nah, she doesn't even know I write fanfics, besides, what are the odds that she would start reading THIS story? They're not big anyway. DS.
